Food security, biological diversity, and intellectual property rights
By: by Muriel Lightbourne.
Series: Intellectual property, theory, culture
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754676119; 9780754698333
Subjects: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture -- (2001); Germplasm resources, Plant -- Law and legislation; Plant diversity conservation -- Law and legislation; Food -- Safety measures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Crop improvement : the science, the business, and the law; title: Conciliating food security and conservation; title: Equity; title: The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources : how will the multilateral system work?; title: Case studies : organisation and legal framework of seed markets in China and Ethiopia; title: The global community needs the FAO treaty.